Barn batten



Patented Oct. 4, 1927 UNITED STATES LESLIE 'r. PETERSEN, or DENISON, Iowa.

BARN BATTEN.

' Application filed June 2,

The present invention relates to building construction, and more. particularly to a batten strip adapted to be used in the erection of-barns, and the like where the crevices or seams between adjacent boards are to be closed for sealing the wall against-pas sage of moisture and wind therethrough.

An object of the present invention is to provide a batten strip which may be used either in the side wall or in the roof of a buildingand which may be quickly and easily assembled during the placingjof the boards in the wall or roof, and wherein the batten strip is held in position without the use of nails, screws or other fastening devices.

The invention also aims at the provision of a batten strip, which is peculiarly constructed such that it may be yieldingly held in place upon one board while it is being secured in place and which is held by friction in proper position until the next adjacent board is secured in position to lock the batten strip between the boards.

lVith the foregoing and other, objects in view, the invention will be more fully described hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto. I

In the drawings,,wherein like symbols refer to like or corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a barn constructed of'broad boards at its side wall andfroof and to which are applied batten strips constructed according to the present invention. v

Figure 2 is a detail fragmentary view of the outer side of the batten strip.

Figure 3 is an inverted reverse view of the same showing the clip at the inner side of the strip, and

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary section taken substantially on the line H of Figure 1 and showing the batten strip interlocked upon one board and secured-in 'position between the meeting edges of adjacent are nailed in edge to edge alinenoent through 1927. Serial No. 196,014.

out the length of the wall or roof and con} sequently there is left crevices or openings of irregular size and which increaseinwidth as the boards shrink and become Warped incident to use. 7

To close these crevices it is a common expedient in building construction to use batten strips which are of wood or the like and which are secured across the crevices and overlap the edge portions of the adjacent boards 10 and 11. lVhen made of Wood, the batten strips, of course, shrink and split and in a short-time fail to sealthe crevices. The metal batten strips heretofore used have been secured in place by nails or the like, which permanently grip the boards and consequently as the boards shrink or warp the batten strips are distorted or completely forced out of place. v 'Thebatten strip of this invention comprises a relativelyflat body portion 12 of sheet metal, which is of suitable width to extend across the crevice between the. boards 10 and 11 and'to overlapthe adjacent meeting edge portions of the boards. a The longitudinal edge portions of the body strip 12 are bent inwardly at a slight angle to provide sealing flanges 13 and 14: which areadapted to bind against the outer surfaces of the boards 10 and llwith suflicient firmness to exclude the moisture, Winds and the like and to form a neat close fit'between the batten strip and the boardsi v In order to hold the body 12 of the strip in place, it is provided upon its rear side with a clip 15 of substantially U-shape and which is disposed toward one longitudinal edge portion of the strip but which: lies wholly within the edges-of the strip. "The 1 15 may be constructed integrally with the strip body 12 and is bent backwardly from the edge flange 14 andhas'its adjacent arm 16 lying in closely spaced relation to the body 12 to hold the latter closely against the boards 10 and 11. The interme diate or bridge portion 17 of the clip is located substantially intermediate the longitudinal edges of the body 12, extending backv wardly therefrom and adapted to lie the crevice or space between the'meeting edges of the boards 10 and 11.

The rear arm of the clip 15 is bent inwardly toward the arm 16, as shown in Fig ure 4, sufficiently to frictionally bind against clip the edge portion of the board, each. as the clip is freed from the board 11, so that the crevice betw'een the boards is maintained sealed until practically the wall or root is completely "destroyed.

In building the wall or the root, the batten strip is first secured to the edge portion of one o'f'the boards, such as the board 11 isli eld thereto by "friction while the board 11 is secured in place. he second board-1'0, 'which'may also be provided with a second batten strip, is then moved into position with its free edge portion beneath the j tlange 13 and the body portion 12 of the strip so thatthe board abuts or is brought into rox imity to the edge of the board 11,

and tie bridge portion 17 ot the clip. The

board10 is now secured iniposition. and the boards of the wall are successively placed in this manner. Of course, the operation may be carried out in a reverse manner, such as by securing the board 10' in place, clipping a batten strip on the edge OftilG board 11, and then nailing the latter in place. The strip is so constructed that it is trictionally held in place and the clip is made of sulficient length and of amateria-l, which is resilient to the extent of adapting the clip toboards of different thicknesses within a practical range.

In this'manner, nails, screws and the like arenotrequired and when the clips lose their elasticity fron'r age, warping of" the boards orthe like,'they'still maintain the batten strips taut against the outer faces of the boards l0fan d 11 by virtue of the bric ge portion-lTand the over-turned arm at the inner side of the board.

1 It is j preferable to extend the clip '15' throughout the length of-the batten strip, al-

though, of course, the clips may be shortened or; applied in any desired number throughout the-length of the strip. 1

It is obvious that various chan s c and modif cations may be made in the details of construction and design of the above specifically described embodiment of this invention without departing from the SplllttllQlQOf, such changes and modifications being rest ic ted'only by the scope of the following claims.

What is claimed is r 1. A batten for covering crevices between boards of barns and thelike, comprising a sheet metal strip having a relatively flat body portion adapted to overlap the outer faces of the edge portions of adjacent boards and extend across the crevice between the boards, said body portion having its longitudinal edge portions bent inwardly at an angle toward the boards to. seat thereagainst and seal the batten over the crevice, said body portion having at its inner side a clip portion bent backward-1y from one longitudinal edge portion thereof and openinginthe general direction of-said' edge port-ion of the body portion to embrace the edge portion of one or the boards at the crevice and hold-the batten in place.

2. A batten strip for barns and the like comprising a body strip adaptedto be placed in overlapping relation at the meeting edges of. the boards in a barn wall, anda clip car ried upon the inner side otthe batten strip for engagementover the edge portion of one of said boards for holding thelo'atten strip thereto and for locking the batten stripin place v between adjacent boards when the latter are secured in the wall.- r

8. A batten strip for barns and 'the'like comprising a sheet metal body strip having inwardly bent flanges at its longitudinal edges and provided at itsrear'side with-a t resilient clip bent backWardIy fromonefol. said flanges and lying against the inner side of the body strip and opening toward one out the longitudinal edges thereof, said clip adapted'to be fitted over a lon g itudinaledge ota board to hold the body strip ther'et-o'andadapted to lie between the edge portions'of I ad acentboards to-maintain the clip in p'osition in the first board;

4:. A batten for covering crevices between boardsot barns and the "like comprising a body strip having inwardly bent flanges at its longitudinal edges and 'provided with an extension at one flange returnedthereagainstand against the inner side of the body 'strip and bent inwardly therefrom at a pointfsub stantially intermediate "the flangesof the strip and having aresil'ient arm; uponits inner endextending substantially inparaL lelisin with the body strip totormkthc ewith resilient clip, said' clip adapted to engage over the edge o-t-the board andadaptedto beretained in position by an adjacent board inthe-wa ll of a barn or the-like.

In testimony WllGTQOfI atfix my signature LESLIET. PETERSEN. 

